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dizzie

dizzie is the obsolete form of dizzy.

Meaning of dizzy

Adjective

dizzy (comparative dizzier, superlative dizziest)

  1. Experiencing a sensation of whirling and of being giddy, unbalanced, or lightheaded.
    • I stood up too fast and felt dizzy.
    Synonyms:
    woozy
  2. Producing giddiness.
    • We climbed to a dizzy height.
    Synonyms:
    dizzying
  3. Empty-headed, scatterbrained or frivolous; ditzy.
    • My new secretary is a dizzy blonde.
  4. (UK, Yorkshire, dialectal) simple, half-witted.
    • Them as diz ’at is dizzy.1952, Albert Lyon Hoy, An Etymologal Glossary of the East Yorkshire Dialect

See all 8 meanings of dizzy

Forms of dizzie

comparativemore dizzie
superlativemost dizzie

Questions about dizzie

What is dizzie the obsolete form of?
Dizzie is the obsolete form of dizzy.

Words near dizzie in the dictionary

  1. dizzen
  2. dizzened
  3. dizzening
  4. dizzens
  5. dizzes
  6. dizzie
  7. dizzied
  8. dizzier
  9. dizzies
  10. dizziest
  11. dizzified

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